HR Heal Thyself
Often times as HR practitioners, we fail to stop and ask for help because we are going 90 miles an hour. When we’re going that fast we feel that if we stop to even raise our hand we’ll lose all our momentum, or worse yet, need to actually spend time collecting our thoughts enough to hand something off to someone else.
If you are in this precarious position, I ask you – what’s really stopping you? What would you tell one of the leaders you support when they find themselves in a similar situation? In essence, we are telling leaders and employees “Do as I say, not as I do”. Now how often does that work in the corporate setting? Hmm? Be honest.
I recently started a consulting project where one of the HR Managers was in the predicament above and worst of all, she had a couple of people that were begging to help her out. My advice, take 1 hour to jot down all your projects and prioritize them based on deadlines.
As you do this, note which ones you can hand off either completely or partially. If there is someone to help you out, I would suggest having them with you as you prioritize and talk it out together. If you have no one to hand things off to, by the end of that hour you will be able to determine which things you can negotiate deadline extensions on or push back on.
Happy prioritizing.
Tags: growth, HR, Human Resources, Organizational Development, organziation, Organziational Design
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